Weekly Free-For-All

[synecdochic]

(I might move this around in the week a few times until I work out when it works for me to post these.)

This post is a free-for-all for people to:

a) post links to perfume-related content they posted elsewhere (on or off DW)
b) talk about anything they want to talk about that isn't big enough for a full post
c) socialize and hang out without worrying about "off topic"
d) or anything else that comes to mind!

Whatcha wearing today? (Me: BPAL's "Brimstone", which I am absolutely perplexed by. I can't decide if it smells amazing or hideous on me.)

Comments

[niqaeli]

....well, you just sold me on trying Jicky if I ever decide to attempt mainstream perfume. I mean, I was already interersted, but that description pretty much guarantees my interest.

(I love Fernet Branca. I have a couple of hilarious stories about it, because my bar is ridiculous and one of the biggest regional consumers of it -- I have a Fernet bartending challenge coin that I got at an industry-only cocktail pairing dinner they hosted that was based around Fernet Branca -- but I fucking love it, sharp bits and all. ....I am also the person who acquired the taste for gin on the first taste, so. I like a lot of shit that's not approachable. *grin*)

[minim_calibre]

I would wear a perfume that smelt like Fernet. A bartender friend turned me on to it years ago.

Perhaps not shockingly, I would also wear one that smelt like gin.

[niqaeli]

...if you find either of these things, let me know. I would overcome my strong aversion to mainstream perfume to at least TRY it.

Seriously, I would wear the shit out of a perfume that smelled like Fernet.

(Fernet: I got turned onto it by a bartender who sent a round to our table because the cocktail pairing dinner we were at had been a gustatorially challenging one, ie, there was a shit-ton of fat and spices and the combination was a bit stomach-distressing and because our bartenders. Being me, I tried a sip of it and went, huh, and finished it. Tried it again at a later date and basically fell for it, at that point. ...my love of Fernet later led to hilarity of said same bartender sending a round to my table at a post-filmshoot celebration and our principal actor, on seeing me and my husband take our shots and do them as shots because, oooh hey Fernet, did the same... well, he'd never had Fernet before. His face was a picture.)

[cyprinella]

Comme des Garcons original smells like gin to me, although a gin light on juniper and heavier on the botanicals. Akin to Aviation Gin.

[lunabee34]

Me too. Have you ever drank Hendricks gin? Besides the gorgeous black apothecary bottle, it's got notes of cucumber and rose that are so lovely.

[minim_calibre]

Oh yes! Now I should look for a perfume with notes of juniper, rose, and cucumber...